| tale(noun, report, line, deception, detail) |
| fiction(noun, report, line, deception, belief) |
| fable(noun, deception, account, sham) |
| yarn(noun, report, line, informal, deception) |
| fib(noun, trick, deception, true) |
| fabrication(noun, report, line, deception, belief) |
| untruth(noun, line, deception, true) |
| myth(noun, account, moral, fantasy) |
| prevarication(noun, line, deception, true) |
| falsehood(noun, report, line, deception, belief) |
| invention(noun, report, line, belief, claim) |
| storey(noun, action, report, account) |
| tall tale(noun, expression, informal, deception, true) |
| misrepresentation(noun, informal, true, bias) |
| whopper(noun, slang, line, deception, true) |
| falsity(noun, line, deception, true) |
| cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, true, untruth) |
| mendacity(line, deception, sham, dishonesty) |
| white lie(noun, expression, line, fantasy) |
| canard(noun, report, line, deception, true) |